Infant&#39;s garment



Oct. 8, 1957 P. s. slEGl-:L fir/M l 2,808,590

INFANT S CARMEN T Filed Oct. 14, 1955 "5*5* AUORNEYI United States Patent' INFANTS GARMENT Application October 14, 1955, Serial No. 540,403

2 Claims. (Cl. 2-80) Bronx, Inc., New York,

This invention relates to clothing and more particularly to an infants creeper.

The clothing of infants presents unique problems as any parent knows. These problems are founded on the necessity that the garment known as a diaper be worn, coupled with the desire of the parents that the infant be neatly dressed. The latter requirement means that the diaper should be considered an undergarment over which is worn an outer garment of attractive appearance. Implicit in the use of a diaper is that fact that this garment must, not infrequently, be changed, and this fact leads to a necessity for a construction of outer garment which, While neat and attractive, permits easy and convenient access to the diaper.

In aV prior patent, No. 2,576,812 issued November 27, 1951, Vto Philip G. Siegel, one ofthe inventors herein, is disclosed a one piece infants garment which has met the enumerated requirements. However, tastes in fashion in the case of infants wear, as in -other lields of apparel, fluctuate. More recently, the two piece outlit for infants has come into vogue, consisting of a panty and an overblouse. Our present invention, while utilizing some features described in the prior Patent No. 2,576,812 referred to above, is for an entirely new garment which meets the dictates of the current vogue, yet in every respect preserves and improves upon the virtues of that earlier garment.

It is the primary object of this invention to provide a garment having separable panty and overblouse portions, in which the panty portion is prevented from slipping down, and the overblouse portion is prevented from creeping up. The garment may be worn by any infant, and will properly function, even though the configuration of his body may be different than that which may be considered average. The concept of an laverage configuration of body `becomes necessary because it is anticipated that the garment disclosed here will be mass produced in a plurality of standard sizes, and for this reason it is not possible to accommodate every variation in body proportions as is possible with custom fitting. Every garment can be constructed through use of our invention so that variations in length of torso, in labdominal dimension and size of thigh are immaterial to good t for a given size of garment. This, of course, is basic in the mass production of garments. In order to achieve this universality of size, a means of releasable attachment utilizing unique flaps between the two portions of the garment is provided. By this means the two portions of the garment can be attached together to hold the panty in place and present a neat appearance, even though the top of the panty may meet the interior of the overblouse at different positions with dilerent wearers of the garment. Moreover, our garment is characterized by the feature that it is not necessary to tighten the diaper in order to hold it up, for this causes discomfort to the child. Instead, the panty, which encloses the diaper, being attached to the overblouse, will serve to hold the diaper up. Because of the various aspects of our novel garment alluded to above, it

2,808,590 l"Patented Oct. 8, 1957 is apparent that use of the garment will always aord a dressed up look with top and panty portions in alignment, and without the possibility of a fallen diaper or an uncovered midriff. This condition will obtain even when the child crawls or otherwise moves about.

Another object herein is to provide, in a separable infants Creeper, for ready and easy access to the underlying diaper wtih no detraction from the attractive appearance of the garment, and in which garment it is extremely easy to dress the infant in the rst place. The panty portion is so constructed that Vit may be'opened in a first manner to quickly reveal the diaper for changing. During this operation, the components of the panty portion, which may be made with a moisture proof lining, may be so disposed as to prevent any unfortunate soiling of the bed clothes or othersurface, the components themselves receiving the soiling. YThe garment is also notable inV that, should there gbe any such soiling, the component of the panty soiledmay be independently laundered, Without requiring laundering of the Whole garment. This being the case, it is apparent that components of the garment may be replaced by other interchangeable components so that the` garment is not rendered useless in toto when it is soiled only locally. Alternatively, the panty portion may be opened in a second manner so 4that it may, even while assembled to the overblouse, be spread out for very easy dressing of the child, saving wear and tear on both parent and child.

Still another object is toV provide a system of constructionin an infants garment in which portions ofthe garment maybe replaced without the necessity for scrapping the whole garment if only part is damaged. This is obviously the case where separable top and panty portions are used as is the case with our structure. In addition, our garment may be made with completely separable front and rear portions in' the panty. Such a system of construction would be especially beneficial in periods of materials shortage, in that-only a part of the garment, upon wearing out, need be replaced by a new part.

How these and many other objects are to be implemented will become clear through a consideration of the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 shows a front View of the novel garment in an assembled condition,

Fig. 2 is a view of the garment laid open for convenient dressing of an infant.

Fig. 3 is a section taken at 3 3 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged View of the garment `at the vicinity where blouse and panty are releasably joined.

The garment shown in the drawings includes an overblouse 10 having a back panel 11'and front panels 12 and 13 which join back panel 11 at the vertical side seams 14 and 15 respectively. Triangular aps of material 16 and 17 are included respectively into each of seams 14 and 15. Flaps 16 and 17 are identical and a description of one will suffice for both. One edge or leg 20 of each of the flaps is sewn into the respective seams. A second edge or leg 21 extends at a right angle to edge or leg 20, so that leg 21 and the hypotenuse of the triangular flap are free. The female portion 22 of a snap fastener is mounted near the free end of edge 21.

Also comprising part of the garment is the panty 23 which has a front portion 24 and a rear portion 25. Each portion 24 and 2S is of two plies, the outer 26 being of any suitable fabric and the inner 27 lbeing of a moisture proof material. The portions 24 and 25 are completely detachable from each other by means of snap fasteners 30. Thus the front portion 24, for example, may be completely removed from the garment and replaced by a clean front portion. The top of the rear portion 25 is folded over and an elastic strip 31 included within the resulting hem to give a shirred band 32 across the top of rear PQrtQnZS. Mountedintoshirredbandzraremalerportions 33 of snap fasteners, which are designed to mate with female portion 22 mounted on the triangular aps 1,6f..and,.-,1fr7. ,{Iheipantyris thusheldiinsr'eleasablereni gaggementuvvithinfoverblouse:1t).v Y Y -fBecause of ftheunique garmentmhichfiwerhaxtef thus oreatedigreat .versatility inpitsmsegiszpossible. Eithemover blouse or panty Zymayhegseparatcd fromrthexother and =,changed where Lit :fis 'not mecessaiyzto daunder the entire garment. ,.=M;oreov,er, dressing;a babyzisextremely easy, forfit, isnecessaryzonly to;.0p.enf:tl1eoverblnuse,rfand toppen 4the ,panty from vOrneaside Aoraother,zplacerrheibaby onfthe substantially at :surface thus:exposed,and thenzto redo theisnapsf of Lthepanty and thedzuttons on other-:fastellilg means @of the blouse. L'Imadditiongchangingthe diepen-,is made very easy; andmrotectionitohed :clothes ,as well.-as, -,parentfduring;the; process; isprovided. A1l1thatis necessari/:fisio openf the overblousefthenundoxthe crotoh audi4 allfsidefsnap fasteners in :the panty rexcept :the @topmost on- ,each .side, whichv are left secured tokeep :front and mear-portions 124 tand :.25 ;0f theipantyineengagement, anditoliip .fbackthe front portion minime-panty. `:'Ihe diaper may thusY be quickly ,and completely .exposedfor changing, the lmoisture .proof inner plies 27tofithe1panty meanwhileprovidingprotection to adjacentz;areas.

While we .havegdescribedraispecificiembodimentrof our inventionfitis appar-ent thatchanges and modifications may L,be-made therein, andrthat garmentsi.containing such changesgand `rnodiiications will fallrwithn thetambit oft-our invention.

We claim:

1. Aninfantsgarment comprising'yan overblouse .por 4ti on .having a back panel and frontpanels -joined ntozsaid back, panel along vertical side, seams,;and apantygportion for. itting over azdiaper, :and means for separably attaching .said-overblouse and .panty portions, saidmeans :comprising aipairofsubstantially triangular aps,-each having -afsubstantially right angle ;therein, and each having-aleg sew-r1l into oneofsaid vertical side seams, `the :remaining leg and hypotenuse of each-.orsaid triangulariapsfibeing free, coupling means rmounted on-.each ofA said'apssub stantially at v,the intersection of isaid remaining leg @and Yhypotenuse thereofy and couplingmeansvmountedf-onx said panty portion substantiallyiat the top thereof for releasable engagement with the said coupling means mounted on said flaps.

2. An infants garment comprising an overblouse portion having a back panelgandafront panels joined to said 'back panel along vertical side seams, and a panty portion open at the top foriiittingrover -a'"diaper, said panty portion being:comprised-of` frontand rear panels,and1having leg openings, and amcrotch'sidez-betweenfsaidslegopenings, and releasable mutually finterengaging --coupling wmeans mounted on said front and rearmpanels along the vertical sides-and "crotcheside Athereof, whereby Asaid'rfront and rear panels may begpartialhlyeseparated, leaving said panels joined alternatively along a horizontal axis or a vertical axis, and means for separably attaching said overblouse and panty portions, said means comprising a pair vof substantially `triangular 'flaps,-each having -a-`sbstantia`lly right angle therein, and each having alegsewn nto'onero'f saidwerticlsiderseams; thefremainingleg andhypotenuse offeach oisidtrianglariaps being free, coupling'means mounted jon-each Yof-saifd rilaps-substantially'at the'intersectionof said remaining'lleg 1and^hypotenuse thereoffand coupling meansmounted-onsaid-panty portion substantiallyattheftop-thereoffor rleasableengagement with' the Y said coupling-means mounted on- -sai'di aps.

a-ReferencesCitedvin the iletff'this Ipatent UNITED STATES PATENTS i `:Greauarifain Dea 7, ,.1910 

